Nirvana!

In the early 90’s the education scenario in Karnataka was no different from rest of the country. Being ‘convent’ educated was a prestigious achievement. It was a norm to look upon those who were educated in such English medium schools as the only literates. The overall scenario seemed as though McCauley’s dream to convert all Indians into ‘Brown Sahibs’, deracinated imitations of their white masters had succeeded through his Convent education system! गुरु – Guru : The remover of Darkness But that was not to be. Gurukula, the ancient system of education provided a potent way to take on McCauley’s form of education. In a Gurukula, Guru provided both knowledge and spiritual education to his Shishyas as per the highest ideals set by this Vedic system of education. With this ideal of creating great gurus, Ajeya Trust started the 'Maitreyi Gurukula' for girls in 1994 at Moorkaje in Bantwal Taluk of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. A similar institution for boys, the ‘